VIDEO: How does innovation, advanced materials, and AI-driven solutions help combat corrosion?

Wail Al Jaafari
Executive Vice President of Technical Services
19th Middle East Corrosion Conference (MECC) 

Since this conference first met in 1979, it has distinguished itself as one of the world’s most important platforms for advancing the science and technology needed to fight corrosion.

We have long recognized that corrosion is not merely a technical challenge, but a strategic priority that directly affects operational reliability, safety, and the long-term performance of our critical infrastructure.

Our efforts to innovate have yielded more than 400 granted patents in corrosion, materials, and asset integrity.

We are now investing heavily in advanced industrial Artificial Intelligence, marking the next leap forward in our journey toward predictive, autonomous, and data-driven asset integrity and corrosion management.

AI-powered solutions are now anticipating corrosion before it happens, leveraging a network of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sensors across our facilities and pipelines.

Our ambition does not stop at aramco’s facility, we are combining our domain expertise and intellectual property with AI to develop advanced solutions that can benefit the entire energy and industrial community.

By protecting infrastructure in this way, we move toward a brighter, more sustainable future. One where our energy systems are stronger, more reliable, and more resilient.